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Miscellaneous => Aviation News => Topic started by: mhm on October 16, 2013, 03:58:28 PM
* Latest problem for glitch-prone aircraft
* Panel fall from underside of Air India plane landing at Bangalore
* Air India, Boeing say no risk to passengers
SEATTLE/NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A body panel fell off a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India as it came into land on Saturday, the latest glitch for the high-tech jet that has suffered a string of mishaps since its introduction two years ago.
The eight feet by four feet (2.4 metres by 1.2 metres) piece of fuselage fell from the underside of the jet and landed within the perimeter at India's Bangalore airport, officials said.
The pilots of the plane, carrying 148 passengers and crew from Delhi to Bangalore, did not realise the panel was missing until the flight landed, The Times of India reported
http://www.trust.org/item/20131016134602-ddmbl/?source=search
Was "superglue" used to secured the panel ?
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